Gristede’s Supermarket

Came in here to kill time while waiting for dinner down the block. At first I thought Gristedes was an organic supermarket but turns out to just be a regular one but overpriced. Saw some items labeled Shop Rite in there, are they the same company? There was virtually no sales, for example: I can buy generic brand popcorn for under $ 2 but here it was $ 3+ and no discount. Just a regular old market, nothing special in my eyes.

Unlike restaurants, with supermarkets, a lot of people won’t review them until they have a problem. When I first moved to Chelsea, I was looking for a good supermarket near by, so I turned to Unilocal.The reviews on here completely deterred me to this Gristedes location. I decided to try Trader Joes instead but couldn’t deal with the crowds and missed my name brand productions (hipsters everywhere are gasping in horror). I decided to give this location a try… nothing is wrong with it. They offer small portions for people living on their own and had everything I needed. They do have a sign on the register that says sometimes the labels scan a different price than marked which from reading the reviews on Unilocal,I knew to keep an eye out for and watched to make sure the register said the same price as the label.
Gristedes, I’m sticking up for you!

Disgusting store — I work next door. Every single time I go there (cream for coffee, water — nothing special), they alwaysss rip me off — even if price is on milk carton, the scanner gets it wrong — for more money, of course. They do not give a real problem to refund you — actually item should be free as per card on cash register! Even though it has been redone inside, it is still an ugly store — BEWARE of prices when you are at cash register — store suckssss!

Amazing customer service.
I was rushing to pick up last minute items for an event and the manager, Robert was amazing. He asked if I needed help then stepped off of the floor to get me the items o couldn’t find. I wish my neighborhood supermarket was like this!

I feel compelled to write a review about this «grocery» store, and I am using this term loosely because this would barely pass for a third class bodega.
As a long time neighborhood resident I finally just had it with the horrible condition of this establishment. I try to avoid shopping here, but there is a big convenience factor since it’s a block from where I live.
This place just sucks. Period. I had a glimmer of hope that things would improve during the recent remodeling effort. But, what gives… the place actually got worse. I literally can’t think of a single positive thing to say. Where to begin?
— Tons of expired dairy and produce ALL THE DAMN TIME. This is downright irresponsible considering many elderly people shop here. Fresh veggies? Forget about it. Milk that has expired a week ago? They got tons of it! What’s even worse is that management doesn’t really seem to care even though I’m sure they are aware of all these problems.
— A toddler’s play pen is better organized than this store. It literally makes no sense how this store is laid out. Nothing is easy to find. Everything is a dusty, disheveled mess.
— Constantly understaffed. The reason this review even gets 1 star is because the workers here are nice. They deserve better.
— Expensive as hell. Easily on par with Whole Foods… I’m not joking. How management has the nerve to charge such astronomical prices in light of the subpar condition everything is in is beyond me.
It bothers me that this store still exists, not because how bad it is, but because I can picture so many other superior grocery stores taking its place.
The neighborhood and the building deserve better.

Expired products. And very very expensive.
Can we get a trader Joes in here please!
Trader joes would be perfect as there are all these new buildings on the west side, with allot of new people that would like to do groceries. Gristedes should have closed a long time ago.
Today they had a 12 pack of Heineken on sale for 22 dollars.
On sale???
I can get the same product 2 blocks away at the rite aid for 16 dollars not on sale.
Gristedes, do us all a favor and close your doors.

Why am I writing a Unilocal review for a grocery store? Because if I can reach just one person, and save them from shopping at this soul sucking turd of a store, all my suffering would be worth it.
Unfortunately I kind of come here a lot because it’s the closest grocery store to my apt and I have a not so good memory when it comes to grocery store trauma, but my new years resolution is to give up this place, deny these people my money, and just face the extra blocks to get to whole foods or trader joe’s… or even the touristy death trap of chelsea market.
This place is so overpriced, everything is at least 50% more expensive than you would find everywhere else, including whole foods (and the Rite Aid down the street). On top of that, they stock hands down the worst produce I have ever encountered. I have yet to go shopping here and not find out that something I purchased is rotting from the inside. The last time it was the cucumbers and the garlic. WHO KNEW GARLIC COULD EVEN ROT? The layout is bizarre. Half the cheese will be in one area, the other half will be across the store, same with the cookies, same with the chips, etc… does not make any sense. This place needs to close. Goddamn, this entire rant about a grocery store… just save yourselves, guys.

This is a store in desparate need of a make over. The staff have improved so much since I first started coming here but the store itself feels dated.
I find some of the prices in this chain silly. My husband came here for cleaning supplies and the regular plastic Rubbermaid bucket he purchased was $ 14.99.
If you need to get some bits and pieces last minute this is a good place but beware you may pay top dollar.

Just gross… don’t go.

They say you can’t have good, fast and cheap all together, but you definitely can have bad, slow and expensive and this Gristedes proves that every day… plus it’s dirty. Of course I go because I live nearby it but I am going to stop as much as possible. I am going to treat this place like a bodega and only go when desperate. Many employees openly rude, the prices are offensive, the quality is below average, and the floors and shelves dirty. Plus they mismanage the stock so poorly that they forget to re-​order and just simply stop carrying some things. This might be the worst Gristedes in the city. PEOPLE! STOP SHOPPING THERE!

Why is it that the grocery stores on 9^th avenue are so dingy compared with the stores on 8^th and 7^th? I shop here because, like every other reviewer, I live within a 1 block radius. It’s one of those situations where I’m aware I’m being ripped off, resent Gristedes for ripping me off, but accept the $ 1 surcharge rather than walking an extra five minutes. Off all the bad things about this place, I just wish it were cleaner.

I’ve been living in the area for 9 years and all i can say is Thank GOD we have Trader Joes now! Sure it’s a long walk to 6^th avenue and the place is a zoo on most nights, but you will be treated courteously, get in and out quickly, and pay a fraction of what these thieves are charging for sketchy products that are usually expired. I only go here in an emergency, because the attitude and price gouging is not worth the aggravation. The black girl at the deli counter is always pissed off, no matter how nice you are to her. The cashiers are usually texting or eating, and never say thank you. They are ungrateful and nasty. God help you if you call them out when something rings up at the wrong price. The manager waddles around with a dirty look on her face when she’s not scowling from the customer service desk. The residents of Chelsea deserve BETTER.

Gross. Dirty. Old. Expensive. Expired. GET WITH IT. I’ve had enough of them getting away with this for so long. CLOSE ALREADY.

1 star? More like 0 stars.
This place is such a dump. I only shop here because I literally live upstairs. If I never set foot in here agin it would be too soon.
Awful management, understaffed by cashiers with terrible attitudes, filthy store with with a bizarre layout. I happily walk the extra blocks to Whole Foods and pay double just to avoid this place.
AW-​FUL!

I die inside a little bit every time I shop here because its convenient.

Older, less-​organized store. The deli is fine, but skip the meat department. Nothing looks fresh. The produce section is smaller than my bathroom and the staff is either incredibly friendly or belligerent. It’s a half-​block from me. That’s all it has going for it.

I usually come in here looking for beer– cold beer. And I always find it. Cheaper than drug stores and other supermarkets in Manhattan. Of course why are drug stores selling beer but that’s a question for another time.

I live very close to this unfortunate place. It depends on the co op right next to it for business. Old folks that can not make it further than half a block. I know because my mom was and my dad is one of them.
They jack up prices so high you will be baffled as to how they get away with it. Almost all of their beer is expired (and i m talkin because the rest don’t have an expiration date). A box of puffins cereal $ 6 – 7.99 !
Cat food closin in on 2 bucks!
but this isn’t even why I have decided to boycott this place. The check out girls (especially the night crew) are mean and resentfull and ready to take it out o anything with a pulse. The manager– he backs them fully. I am all about loyalty, often to a fault, but I can not believe the shit one has to put up with in here.

I don’t like Gristedes in general, but this one is particularly bad (not to mention dingy and disorganized)… If it were at all possible I’d gladly give it zero stars… Seriously though it puts the «EW! GET ME THE F-​CK OUT OF THIS SH-​THOLE» in «Grosstedes.»